Electrical Hardware Design Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

The HORIBA Group of worldwide companies provides an extensive array of instruments and systems for applications ranging from automotive R&D, process and environmental monitoring, in-vitro medical diagnostics, semiconductor manufacturing and metrology, to a broad range of scientific R&D and QC measurements. Proven quality and trustworthy performance have established widespread confidence in the HORIBA Brand.

Inspired by our unique motto, “JOY and FUN,” we focus on social responsibilities by building state-of-the-art products for scientific advancement; especially for protecting health, safety, and the environment. “HORIBARIANs,” the HORIBA employees all over the world, look forward to working with additional creative and entrepreneurial self-starters.

And for years, HORIBA Scientific’s OEM division has been the preferred, reliable and consistent supplier of OEM spectroscopy components throughout the world … offering a complete range of OEM imaging miniature spectrographs and spectrometers along with CCD, Photodiode array (CMOS) and InGaAs detectors that operate from the UV through to the NIR. Our high reliability products and know-how are leveraged in a wide range of high-tech industries such as: Medical, Semiconductor, Pharmaceutical and Biotech to name a few.

Presently, our HORIBA Scientific OEM Division is searching for an experienced Electrical Hardware Design Engineer for our North American operation located in Piscataway, New Jersey. The ideal candidate will possess a strong electronics design and development background and will provide technical contributions to an engineering team focusing on the design and development of CCD / CMOS high-speed imaging systems. If you are a self-motivated individual with passion for your work that has garnered success in leading and contributing to team oriented product development efforts, please keep reading and visit our corporate website to learn more.

Qualifications:

• Advanced degree preferred in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering with 5 yrs of directly related experience.
• Minimum of a BSEE degree with 6 to 10 yrs of directly related experience.
• Will accept 12+ yrs of equivalent engineering design experience associated with designing instrumentation products, analytical instruments and/or related embedded control systems.

Responsibilities:

• Project contributor to the development and test of Light Detecting Systems involving CCDs, PDAs, InGaAs and CMOS sensors.
• Involvement in all phases of product development: definition, design, qualification and production support.
• Design of mixed signal circuits incorporating Op-Amps, Voltage References, DACs, ADCs and discrete semiconductors.
• Design of FPGA based high speed digital circuitry incorporating LVDS and MIPI interfaces for sensor command & control.
• Participation in the PCB board layout/routing definition stages for new board / product designs.
• Contributions to board level test fixture designs

Requirements:

• Solid understanding of electrical engineering principles in both analog and digital domains.
• Design knowledge of low noise / wide bandwidth analog and mixed signal circuits.
• Experience with data acquisition systems incorporating the following interfaces: USB 2/3, Gig-E, LVDS, MIPI, SPI and I2C.
• Knowledge of system level power distribution design and power management techniques.
• Ability to guide multi-layer PCB board designs within stack-up, parts placement and routing requirements.
• Familiarity with test equipment: Scopes, DVMs, Power Supplies, Function Generators and Logic / Spectrum Analyzers.
• Sound test, troubleshooting and SMT soldering skills.
• Production support experience.
• Strong problem solving, communication and interpersonal skills.

Preferred Attributes (one or more viewed as a plus):

• Knowledge of CCD and CMOS imager architectures a plus.
• FPGA Design; Verilog and/or VHDL, Altera and/or Xilinx tools.
• Experience with Mentor Graphics for schematic capture and PCB layout/routing.
• Design experience with Renesas and Cypress processors.
• Product design experience in meeting CE & LVD Safety directives.
• Project leadership.

Compensation Package:

HORIBA Instruments offers a competitive compensation package that includes a 401(k) plan with match; employee group dental, vision, life, and disability (short and long-term) paid for by the company; medical insurance, family dental and vision insurance, and supplemental life insurance available with reasonable employee contributions; employee assistance program; paid holidays, vacation, and sick time; flexible spending accounts; and educational reimbursement and commuter benefit programs.

If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, please call View phone number on ziprecruiter.com for assistance. HORIBA will provide reasonable accommodations, upon request, to support individuals with disabilities to be able to participate in the hiring process. HORIBA is committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities.

EEO/Veteran Status/Disabilities.